, 1887-11-19

ing the completion of the work to future
earnings.
New York, November 18th. The death
is announced of the French General La
Flo.
The ex Lord Mayor of London, Sir
William Macarthur, while travelling on the
underground railway yesterday, was sumo
Gated by the fog
The fortune of the late Baron Wsiverton
is stated at e7,0OD, 900.
Market reports show great ~nuctuatlOnS
in the prices of coffee.
It is stated that the Philadelphia sugar
dealers have contracted to supply 10000
hOgsheads of the new crop mOlasses on a.
basis of twenty four cents per gall0n,J the
present New York rate. The. shipments
are to he made from January to May.
The wheat markets are active, and 1t is
believed that the depression is passing
away,
Baron Seiliere, who is 10 New Yerk.aenies
the statement that he paid M. Wilson,
Fcs. 100000 for his influence in securing
the Government contracts.
M. Wilson, in the course of his examine.
ton. swore that his letters were actually
written in "a, while the manufacturer
swears that the paper they. are written on
was made q year later. The situation con
tinues confused and diSquieting.
1t is understood that M. Mazean, the
Minister of Justice, his resigned his PortrT
folio. 4}rogr ri sE4sat
A Dublin despatch states that the Irish
Queens Bench has quashed the O0r0ner'sJ
verdict against the Michellstown Police. r9i
The Boston economist, Mr.Atkinsoil, pro-e
poses to settle the Fisheries difficulty by
purchasing the maritime provinces for
$50, 10000. 81. lst9ii
ri ...:- a., no.N0okoj &c o4 IT, crl1oh =
ferrybOat OH the Canton river, by which
400 Chinese persisted. e1f a4s
The Marquis of Salisbury, referring to
the protest against Baron dc Worms rs
chairman of the BOuntieS Conference, has
Informed the Colonial meeting that that
gentleman will take the chair rs. represent
tative of the Government, NOT the Board of
Trade. y
London November 17th.-SugaC in stock
on the 18th instant was l65, 900 tons. Last
year 1876, 200 tons. M #4~g1@Iapni
New York. November 1Sth-LoMlon
news announces that the RectorShip OF.
Glasgow University will probably be fliest
by Lord Ly ton, Lord ROSeberiy received
tile larger number of votes, but by the sSs-
tenn of estimating by nations the contest
would be decided by the casting vote OF
the Chancellor, Earl Stair, which it is
thought probable would be in favor of
Lord Lytton on account of political sy0l-
pathy. 5aa a1At aen
The death is announced of General
Valentine Baker.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Cumberland has been safely delivered ofsa
son. ~
His Majesty the Gear has left Copenha-
gen for st. Petersburg via Berlin
II is reported that Most, the anarchist,
has been, arrested in New York, charged
with exciting to riot. 7as3A aAI
The English Press generally expresses
qualification at the manner Of Nj, ChamS
berlain's reception in New York.
Twenty thousand special constables are
being sworn in in London for the purpose
of preserving order on Sunday
At. the preliminary examinations &0f
Saunders, tho magistrate dismissed the
case, as disobedience to the Tablespoonful
tiou of meeting in Tfafalgar Square was
not a statutory offence. The Radicals
severely criticize the failure to- estabfislf
the charge. I9/lRU8 LII ba8 Il 81 OF
IS The Royal Clyde Yacht Club has with
drawn it's challenge for the Americas Cup
owing to the conditions having been re-
Gently altered. l8IaI bn8 j .9A cue 19J
& The Bt. Hon. George Goschen4 speaking
at Manchester, urged the HDionists to- still
cooperate with the Conservatives The 60
veflmemt, he declared, was nOtre-actiQnRgy,